"What terrifying power is that?!"
Staring at the black flame barrier enveloping both Chu Feng and Jiang Yuantai, not only were the people of the Dao Alchemy Immortal Sect stunned beyond belief, even the denizens of the Nine Souls Galaxy were shaken to their core.
The reason was that the aura emanating from the black flame barrier was far too bizarre.
It was as though it did not belong to this world — a power steeped in pure evil.
"That's Asura power. Could it be that Chu Feng has obtained a treasure forged from Asura power?" Grandmother Wish God analyzed.
Once she spoke those words, the others finally came to their senses.
It was indeed Asura power. The only difference was that the oppressive force of this Asura power was so overwhelming that they had been unable to process it at first.
"A supreme treasure from the Asura Spirit World?"
"Or could it be that Chu Feng has already..."
Sima Xiangtu's brows knitted tightly together. He had already sensed that something was terribly wrong.
According to Prince Mingri, Chu Feng should have been dead — and even if he somehow wasn't, he should never have been able to obtain the power of the Asura Burial Ground. After all, Yaoyao did not possess that power.
Yet here Chu Feng was, not only alive but with his cultivation greatly enhanced. Most importantly, he had just released a formidable barrier composed of Asura power.
Such a transformation forced him to draw a connection to the Asura Evil Spirits within the Asura Burial Ground.
And how terrifying those Asura Evil Spirits were — he knew that all too well.
At that thought, Sima Xiangtu's brow furrowed even deeper, and a contemplative look crept into his gaze.
Whoosh— Without warning, Chu Feng lifted his leg and drove a kick straight into Jiang Yuantai, sending him plummeting from midair and crashing into the ground below.
In an instant, dust erupted skyward. The sheer force of the impact carved a colossal crater into the earth.
When the dust cleared and people looked again, they found both Chu Feng and Jiang Yuantai within that massive crater.
Only Jiang Yuantai looked absolutely wretched.
Chu Feng's foot was already planted squarely on Jiang Yuantai's chest, and the terrifying force had punched clean through it. That peculiar long sword was also leveled directly at Jiang Yuantai's throat.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Yuantai forgot all about the pain wracking his body and simply froze in shock.
Jiang Kongping froze as well.
Both of them knew with absolute certainty — they had seen this exact scene in the prophecy.
That vision from the prophecy... had truly come to pass!
"Chu Feng, if you dare touch my young master again, I swear you will never leave this place alive!"
A furious roar rang out — it was Jiang Taibai.
A surge of aura erupted from his body, and his cultivation actually rose in real time, climbing from second-grade Half God to third-grade Half God.
"As if you'd let me go even if I didn't."
Chu Feng let out a cold laugh, then thrust his sword forward — piercing straight through one of Jiang Yuantai's eyes.
This act was nothing short of an open provocation to Jiang Taibai!
"You bastard!"
Jiang Taibai bellowed with rage. His palm flipped open, and a Sovereign Armament great saber materialized in his grasp.
He swung the massive blade down with full force.
Boom boom boom— Heaven and earth trembled as a dazzling golden light erupted across the sky!
Looking closer, a titanic blade tens of thousands of meters long tore through the clouds, cleaving downward toward Chu Feng.
Boom— Yet when this devastating strike crashed into the barrier formed by the black flames, it shattered just as the previous palm strike had — disintegrating in an instant.
"Heavens, even that kind of attack can't break through?!"
Watching the golden fragments scatter across the void, the onlookers wore complicated expressions.
In truth, they hadn't been able to see Jiang Taibai's attack clearly, but they had felt the terrifying aura behind it. The sheer horror of that power made them certain that if it had come for them, there would have been zero chance of survival.
And yet even such a devastating assault failed to so much as budge that black flame barrier. They were thoroughly astounded.
The black flame barrier was even more terrifying than they had imagined.
Ugh— Suddenly, someone let out a muffled groan.
It was the old Daoist Ox-Nose.
A half-divine elder from the Dao Alchemy Immortal Sect had made his move. He had slipped over to the old Daoist's side undetected and plunged a dagger through his body.
"Chu Feng, release my young master. Otherwise, I'll slaughter every last one of these people."
The white-haired elder of the Dao Alchemy Immortal Sect snarled the words at Chu Feng, his killing intent sky-high. The pressure of his Half God cultivation had already enveloped the old Daoist Ox-Nose, Wang Yuxian, the Dao Sea Fairy Maiden, and all the rest.
Every single person connected to Chu Feng — not just the old Daoist — wore a look of agony on their faces.
He was no bluffing. He truly meant to kill!
Chu Feng glanced at the white-haired elder. He said nothing, but a vicious glint flashed through his eyes.
Pfft— Chu Feng drove his sword downward, plunging it straight into Jiang Yuantai's Dantian.
"Stop!"
The moment they saw this, the members of the Dao Alchemy Immortal Sect cried out in alarm.
They hadn't expected that, even in this kind of situation, Chu Feng would still dare to attack Jiang Yuantai — and with such ruthless severity at that.
Piercing the Dantian was not mere torture. This was an attempt to permanently destroy Jiang Yuantai's Dantian.
"Get away from my Master. You touch him one more time, and I'll take your life."
Chu Feng turned his gaze back to the elder.
The elder's expression was a tangled mess. He had used this hostage tactic to force Chu Feng into releasing Jiang Yuantai, but instead it had only brought greater harm upon Jiang Yuantai. And looking at the savage, murderous look on Chu Feng's face, this was clearly no bluff — he would absolutely do it.
Panicked, the elder immediately released the old Daoist Ox-Nose and retreated a considerable distance.